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Hacked Robot Vacuums Across the U.S. Started Yelling Slurs(gizmodo.com)

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Frostbeard@lemmy.world
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How could it have been worse. A fucking basic appliance was hijacked. Ofc its not weaponized, that would have made it worse I guess

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jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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Did you see the one with a gun that fired any time it bumped into something?

It could have been worse.

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Luftruessel@lemmy.world
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Since no one said it yet: Valetudo

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c10l@lemmy.world
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Unfortunately no support for Ecovacs.

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iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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imagine now somehow combining its sensor data with outputs from a LLM everyone would think that their roomba has become sentient

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njordomir@lemmy.world
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True supervillain stuff. :-D

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Alpha71@lemmy.world
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Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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Why won’t they say the brand? Which brand are they?

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lazynooblet@lazysoci.al
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It’s in the first paragraph of the article.

Robot vacuums made by Ecovacs have been reported

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